Process of making an ornamental finish



J. MRAZEK.

PROCESS oF MAKING AN 0R NAMENTAL FINISH.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 6,1921.

Patented N 0V. 28, 1922.

Patented Nov. 28, 1922.

UNlTEn srais rarest JOHN MRAZEK, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

PROCESS 0F MAKING AN ORNAMENTAL FINISH.

Application led .Tune 6, 1921. SerialNo. 475,337.

To all whom t may concern.'

Be .it known that I, JOHN MRAZEK, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of the city of Chicago, county of Coolqand State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Processes of Making an Ornamental Finish, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to a process of providing an ornamental finish on an article, and more particularly on a lamp base or pedestal, and its main object is to provide a brilliant, rough, and artistic finish to an article.

Other objects will appear hereinafter.

The invention consists in the combinations and arrangements of parts hereinafter described and claimed.

The invention will be best understood by reference to the accompanying drawings forming a part of this specification, and in which,

F ig. l, is an elevation of a lamp base with an ornamental iinish applied thereto by means of my process and,

Fig. 2 is a horizontal view of the base taken on section line 2 2 of Fig. l.

In applying ornamental finish to an article, I take diamond dust or ground glass, or particles of similar reflective material, or any similar comminuted crystalline substance, of the desired color, which I place in a silvering solution for a suflicient length of time until the particles are properly coated with the solution, whereupon the particles are removed from the solution and dried,

The article to be treated, as a pedestal 5, may first be coated with bronze metal or with any desirable coloring matter, to give the article a desired background, and is left to dry. The parts of the article which are to be covered with the silvered particles are then varnished and the silvered particles are then thrust or pressed against this freshly varnished surface, whereby the particles are held by the varnish, in other words, are in laid therein, and become firmly set on the article. The silvered particles may be applied in any one color or in various colors, as particles of golden color as shown at 7, and particles of green color as shown at 8, etc., and coatings of different colors may be filled in the crevices. The entire surface is then rubbed with moist pumice powder.

This entire rough finish.

enever additional ornamentation is to be applied on parts of the article as indicated at 9, and the parts are to be colored but left untreated by the silvered particles, the desiredcolors are first applied to these parts and they are covered with sheets of tinfoil of the proper shape, whereupon the varnish and the silvered particles are applied to the uncovered portions of the article, and after such application, the sheets of tinfoil are removed exposing the particular design amongst the portions covered with the silvered particles.

While I have illustrated and described the preferred form of construction for carrying my invention into effect, this iscapable of variation and modification without departlng from the spirit of the invention. I, therefore, do not wish to be limited to the precise details of construction set forth, but desire to avail myself of such variations and modifications as come within the scope of the appended claims.

Taving described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters .Patent is z* l. The process of providing a brilliant, rough and ornamental linish on an article, which consists in painting designs on part of said article, varnishing other parts of said article and mounting silvered ground glass on the varnished parts by inlaying the same in various colors in the freshly applied varnish.

2. The process of providing an orna- .mental i'inish on an article which consists in bronzing the article to provide a baci-- ground, varnishing parts of said bronzed surface, covering other parts and applying silvered diamond dust scatteringly upon said varnished parts.

3. The process of providing an ornamental nish on an article which consists in painting designs upon parts of said article, covering such parts, varnishing other parts of said article, rious colorsscatteringly on the said varnished parts and removing the covering from the painted parts.

4. The process of providing an ornamental finish on an article which consists in painting designs upon parts of said article,

process produces a brilliant,

mounting particles of vacovering such parts with tinfoil, varnishing other parts of said article, embedding particles of silvered ground glass on said varnished parts, and removing the tinfoil from the painted parts.

5. A new article oi manufacture comprising a body member bronzed on its exterior and having designs painted on parts of said bronzed member, a coat or' varnish applied t0 10 other parts of said member, and particles of silvered reflective material embedded in said varnish, producing a brilliant and rough finish.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of l5 two subscribing Witnesses.

JOHN MRAZEK.

Witnesses CLARENCE E. THREEDY, FREDA C. ArPm'roN. 

